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currant

36 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. currant (noun)
  2. currant aphid (noun)
  3. currant borer (noun)
  4. currant bush (noun)
  5. currant-leaf (noun)
  6. currant leaf spot (noun)
  7. currant rust (noun)
  8. currant spanworm (noun)
  9. currant stem girdler (noun)
  10. currant tomato (noun)
  11. alpine currant (noun)
  12. Australian currant (noun)
  13. black currant (noun)
  14. black-currant rust (noun)
  15. buffalo currant (noun)
  16. cherry currant (noun)
  17. clove currant (noun)
  18. fetid currant (noun)
  19. flowering currant (noun)
  20. garden currant (noun)
  21. golden currant (noun)
  22. Indian currant (noun)
  23. Missouri currant (noun)
  24. mountain currant (noun)
  25. native currant (noun)
  26. northern black currant (noun)
  27. red currant (noun)
  28. skunk currant (noun)
  29. spice currant (noun)
  30. squaw currant (noun)

cur·rant

noun \ˈkər-ənt, ˈkə-rənt\

Definition of CURRANT

1
: a small seedless raisin grown chiefly in the Levant
2
: the acid edible fruit of various shrubs (genus Ribes) placed in either the saxifrage or gooseberry family; also : a plant bearing currants
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Origin of CURRANT

Middle English raison of Coraunte, literally, raisin of Corinth
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CURRANT

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